Pastor: Charlie Kirk’s graphic death was ‘traumatic’ as many Americans reconcile with loss

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The assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has sparked sharply divided reactions, with some churches across the U.S. addressing the tragedy — and the viral video of his shooting — in their sermons this past Sunday.

Ryan Visconti, lead pastor at Generation Church in Mesa, Arizona, told Fox News Digital in an interview that many people are finding themselves “mourning this in an unusual way,” but noted that people probably had more familiarity with Kirk than they realized due to his expansive reach.

“As a Christian, Charlie was a brother in Christ, and so I think there is a connection there spiritually that a fellow brother in Christ, a Christian, was murdered brutally and graphically,” Visconti said. “And how graphic his death